Mexico

Oaxaca Assembly of the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations - 2008

18 FIOB

Santiago de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca
The assembly of the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations in Mixteca region of Oaxaca, one of the poorest areas in Mexico, where a large percentage of the indigenous population has left to work in the United States. The FIOB is a political organization of indigenous communities and migrants, with chapters in Mexico and the U.S. It advocates for the rights of migrants, and for the right not to migrate -- for economic development which would enable people to stay home. Juan Romualdo Gutierrez Cortez was formerly FIOB's coordinator in Oaxaca. He was elected member of the state Chamber of Deputies, and then imprisoned by Oaxaca's former governor.

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